Knorr-Bremse AG issues corporate bond

Knorr-Bremse AG, the leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, is issuing a corporate bond with a volume of EUR 500 million. The bond has a fixed coupon rate of 0.50 percent p. a. and a five-year term.

Memorial to company founder Georg Knorr unveiled in Berlin

Knorr-Bremse TruckServices: efficient solutions for commercial vehicles of all types and ages

At the automechanika trade fair, Knorr-Bremse presented a portfolio of products and services for distributors, workshops, and fleet operators that had been expanded to include an abundance of innovations.

IAA 2016: Knorr-Bremse’s systems competence helps drive innovation

Knorr-Bremse at InnoTrans 2016: in tune with the times

Knorr-Bremse can look back on a very positive InnoTrans fair: “An overwhelming level of interest among trade visitors, crowds of people at our booths, numerous high-level meetings, various contracts signed, and an award from Russian Railways – that sums up InnoTrans 2016 for Knorr-Bremse,” says Klaus Deller, Chairman of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG and responsible for the Rail Vehicle Systems division.

Knorr-Bremse demonstrates autonomous yard maneuvering

Trucks maneuvering around the depot with no driver could soon be a reality: Knorr-Bremse has built an autonomous semitrailer rig that can drive itself to the loading bay and back across the yard with no driver in the cab. The company is demonstrating this and other driver assistance systems from the future of highly automated commercial vehicles in a test truck in the New Mobility World LIVE arena at the IAA.

Knorr-Bremse to acquire brake friction material specialist ICER Rail

Knorr-Bremse plans to acquire the joint venture ICER Rail in its entirety. Through this move, Knorr-Bremse is extending its position in the field of friction materials –an important, technically demanding part of the braking system. The parties have agreed to treat the purchase price as a confidential matter. The acquisition is subject to approval by the anti-trust authorities.

All about Knorr-Bremse trailer products

The truck usually comes first, pulling a trailer behind it – but Knorr-Bremse brings the trailer to the fore. At the IAA open air trailer display outside Hall 17 and at the company’s main booth inside the hall, visitors can find the full range of Knorr-Bremse’s solutions for wheelend, brake, and chassis control, as well as a host of digitalization-related applications.

Knorr-Bremse and tedrive Steering integrate active steering in commercial vehicles with the braking system

Through its recent acquisition of tedrive Steering Systems GmbH, Knorr-Bremse has added innovative steering technologies for commercial vehicles to its product portfolio and paved the way to offering an integrated longitudinal and lateral guidance system for automated driving in heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

Knorr-Bremse prepares field testing of truck platooning in North America

Automated truck convoys save fuel and increase road safety

Knorr-Bremse, the global market and technology leader in safe and efficient road transportation, is working on a system for truck platooning and will shortly be testing it on US highways with a view to gauging driver acceptance and assessing the feasibility of fully networked truck convoys.